{"id":119249,"date":"2024-10-28T08:33:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T01:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119249"},"modified":"2024-10-28T08:33:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T01:33:53","slug":"i-almost-died-after-giving-birth-when-a-flesh-eating-bug-developed-in-my-c-section-incision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119249","title":{"rendered":"I almost died after giving birth when a flesh-eating bug developed in my C-section incision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A new mom has revealed she almost died after giving birth when she developed a flesh-eating bug in her C-section incision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amber DeWitt, 31, battled necrotizing fasciitis and was put into a coma after the arrival of her now one-year-old son, Weston, in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The aggressive condition, which eats away at healthy tissue, can prove fatal and saw a &#8216;softball-sized&#8217; chunk of Amber&#8217;s stomach removed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The mom-of-one and business manager, from Dallas, had a &#8216;healthy, normal pregnancy&#8217; and had planned to have a water birth, but she was rushed into an emergency C-section after her baby became stuck in the breach position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Weston arrived at September 30, 2023, at 9.25am weighing 6lbs 11oz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-69c27bf91660dff2\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299411-14003493-A_new_mom_has_revealed_she_almost_died_after_giving_birth_when_s-a-11_1730066826911.jpg\" height=\"955\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A new mom has revealed she almost died after giving birth when she developed a flesh-eating bug in her C-section incision\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-69c27bf91660dff2\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299411-14003493-A_new_mom_has_revealed_she_almost_died_after_giving_birth_when_s-a-11_1730066826911.jpg\" height=\"955\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A new mom has revealed she almost died after giving birth when she developed a flesh-eating bug in her C-section incision\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A new mom has revealed she almost died after giving birth when she developed a flesh-eating bug in her C-section incision<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">They were discharged two days, but later that week Amber grew concerned when her incision continued hurting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It became increasingly painful, with her eventually developing a high temperature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said: &#8216;I couldn&#8217;t go to the toilet, so they knew my organs were shutting down.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When she visited at a local clinic, she said doctors told her it was a mild bacterial infection and sent her home with antibiotics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said: &#8216;They suggested I put a sanitary towel over the wound to help with the moisture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;In hindsight, I feel like that might have made bacteria breed more.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When the pain became unbearable, Amber returned to Dallas&#8217;s Baylor Scott and White Hospital, where doctors discovered the terrifying truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They rushed her in for emergency exploratory surgery, where they discovered she had developed sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eebb62a94c7ae6e5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299415-14003493-Amber_DeWitt_31_fell_into_a_coma_and_battled_necrotizing_fasciit-a-12_1730066826926.jpg\" height=\"662\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amber DeWitt, 31, fell into a coma and battled necrotizing fasciitis after the arrival of her son, Weston, in September 2023\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eebb62a94c7ae6e5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299415-14003493-Amber_DeWitt_31_fell_into_a_coma_and_battled_necrotizing_fasciit-a-12_1730066826926.jpg\" height=\"662\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amber DeWitt, 31, fell into a coma and battled necrotizing fasciitis after the arrival of her son, Weston, in September 2023\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amber DeWitt, 31, fell into a coma and battled necrotizing fasciitis after the arrival of her son, Weston, in September 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1878f7b650778801\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299471-14003493-The_aggressive_condition_which_eats_away_at_healthy_tissue_can_p-a-13_1730066826992.jpg\" height=\"287\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The aggressive condition, which eats away at healthy tissue, can prove fatal and left Amber needing a 'softball-sized' chunk of her stomach removed\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1878f7b650778801\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299471-14003493-The_aggressive_condition_which_eats_away_at_healthy_tissue_can_p-a-13_1730066826992.jpg\" height=\"287\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The aggressive condition, which eats away at healthy tissue, can prove fatal and left Amber needing a 'softball-sized' chunk of her stomach removed\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The aggressive condition, which eats away at healthy tissue, can prove fatal and left Amber needing a &#8216;softball-sized&#8217; chunk of her stomach removed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-83e2d246ce42887a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299473-14003493-The_mom_of_one_from_Dallas_had_been_rushed_for_an_emergency_C_se-a-14_1730066827007.jpg\" height=\"560\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The mom-of-one, from Dallas, had been rushed for an emergency C-section after her baby became stuck in the breach position\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-83e2d246ce42887a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299473-14003493-The_mom_of_one_from_Dallas_had_been_rushed_for_an_emergency_C_se-a-14_1730066827007.jpg\" height=\"560\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The mom-of-one, from Dallas, had been rushed for an emergency C-section after her baby became stuck in the breach position\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The mom-of-one, from Dallas, had been rushed for an emergency C-section after her baby became stuck in the breach position<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They suspected the infection had developed in the wound of her C-section incision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amber was put in an induced coma for three days, and had two more operations while asleep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My surgeon warned me it was a huge operation and that&#8217;s when I realized how serious it was. There was so much tissue dying and turning black, they had to keep cutting away,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They had to stop it spreading before it hit my vital organs. I don&#8217;t remember anything during this time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She underwent emergency surgery to remove the dying tissue, leaving her with a three-inch deep and about two-inch open wound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The mom added: &#8216;During the second operation, doctors told my family I wasn&#8217;t going to survive.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6c972cab8a0c206c\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299487-14003493-When_she_went_home_she_realized_something_was_horribly_wrong-a-16_1730066827341.jpg\" height=\"694\" width=\"634\" alt=\"When she went home, she realized something was horribly wrong\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6c972cab8a0c206c\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299487-14003493-When_she_went_home_she_realized_something_was_horribly_wrong-a-16_1730066827341.jpg\" height=\"694\" width=\"634\" alt=\"When she went home, she realized something was horribly wrong\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">When she went home, she realized something was horribly wrong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f23747973dfaf893\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299495-14003493-Amber_was_put_in_an_induced_coma_for_three_days_and_had_two_more-a-15_1730066827294.jpg\" height=\"811\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amber was put in an induced coma for three days, and had two more operations while asleep\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f23747973dfaf893\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299495-14003493-Amber_was_put_in_an_induced_coma_for_three_days_and_had_two_more-a-15_1730066827294.jpg\" height=\"811\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Amber was put in an induced coma for three days, and had two more operations while asleep\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Amber was put in an induced coma for three days, and had two more operations while asleep<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Doctors warned her 32-year-old husband, Andrew, that she was &#8216;unlikely to survive&#8217; but she defied the odds, waking up three days later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amber said: &#8216;Doctors didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d make it through the night. I had a newborn baby and my husband was saying his goodbyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They had to cut away pounds of skin \u2013 it was the same amount as a softball. I&#8217;m so grateful to be here, and to be able to watch my son grow-up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She spent six days in intensive care and another eight days on a ward before she was finally discharged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amber had a nurse visit her several times a week for the next six months to continue changing her dressings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said: &#8216;It was a very difficult time, I was a new mom and couldn&#8217;t even hold my baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They cut so much skin away, that it created a second wound because the skin was too tight to heal. I was lucky to have such amazing support around me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-55eb85c495e3ab4d\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299481-14003493-Doctors_warned_husband_Andrew_32_that_she_was_unlikely_to_surviv-a-17_1730066827441.jpg\" height=\"522\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Doctors warned husband Andrew, 32, that she was 'unlikely to survive' but she defied the odds, waking up three days later\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-55eb85c495e3ab4d\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299481-14003493-Doctors_warned_husband_Andrew_32_that_she_was_unlikely_to_surviv-a-17_1730066827441.jpg\" height=\"522\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Doctors warned husband Andrew, 32, that she was 'unlikely to survive' but she defied the odds, waking up three days later\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Doctors warned husband Andrew, 32, that she was &#8216;unlikely to survive&#8217; but she defied the odds, waking up three days later<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-632c0a2514406a20\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299485-14003493-Now_she_is_finally_healed_and_is_on_a_mission_to_urge_people_to_-a-18_1730066827525.jpg\" height=\"675\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Now, she is finally healed and is on a mission to urge people to 'listen' to their bodies if something doesn't seem right\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-632c0a2514406a20\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/10\/27\/22\/91299485-14003493-Now_she_is_finally_healed_and_is_on_a_mission_to_urge_people_to_-a-18_1730066827525.jpg\" height=\"675\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Now, she is finally healed and is on a mission to urge people to 'listen' to their bodies if something doesn't seem right\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Now, she is finally healed and is on a mission to urge people to &#8216;listen&#8217; to their bodies if something doesn&#8217;t seem right<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After five surgeries and two weeks later, Amber returned home and was on the road to recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She has since fully recovered but been left with a large scar down her abdomen after the traumatic incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said: &#8216;I didn&#8217;t have health insurance, and the cost of treatment put me off seeking medical help sooner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I kept thinking it would get better and it didn&#8217;t. I ended up getting Medicaid &#8211; which covered the hospital bills and backdated to the C-section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I worked out I racked up nearly a million dollars worth of treatment. But your health is not worth worrying about getting a hospital bill &#8211; I put off going and it nearly cost my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I nearly died and would never have been here for my son. 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